SiriusXM Launches Next Wave Virtual Concert Series; Up Close with Sonos Radio HD; Joe Rogan, Bad…
SiriusXM Launches Next Wave Virtual Concert Series — musicrow.com
SiriusXM Launches Next Wave Virtual Concert Series — musicrow.com
SiriusXM will present six new virtual concerts over three consecutive weeks.
‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ Is Spotify’s Most Popular Podcast — www.billboard.com
The audio streaming service has also revealed that Bad Bunny was the top artist on its platform this year.
Sonos Radio HD — has a third way to listen just arrived? — songsommelier.medium.com
Sonos Radio HD is wholly human curated by an in-house team but is powered by Super Hi-Fi, an AI based backend service that does a few different things.
Bad Bunny Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Artist of 2020 Globally — www.hollywoodreporter.com
The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of the year with 8.3 billion streams globally.
Creator tools: The music industry’s new top of funnel — musicindustryblog.wordpress.com
For most of 2020, MIDiA has been working on a major piece of work around the fast-growing creator tools space.
Sony Music Brazil launches accelerator program to drive AI developments in the market — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Focus will be identifying music solutions powered by AI and ML that can support artist career development and fan experiences…
Tim Westergren’s Sessions Livestreaming Platform Launches $75M Marketing Fund For Artists — www.billboard.com
Sessions, the concert livestreaming platform which Pandora founder and former CEO Tim Westergren launched in April, has established a $75 million fund to market and build audiences for each of its artists’ shows.
Alibaba’s music streaming app Xiami is said to be shutdown — www.kr-asia.com
The Hangzhou-based internet giant also owns a minority stake in the Netease Cloud Music service.
Triller co-owner says it has 65m monthly active users — musically.com
Short-video app Triller’s user numbers have been a matter of some debate in recent months. Some app analytics companies have published markedly lower estimates than Triller’s official figures, with the company claiming that the problem is with their tracking.
Music Vets Launching Podcast for Backstage Stories From Genesis, The E Street Band & More — www.billboard.com
Drummer Dane Clark, album cover artist Hugh Syme and live entertainment executive Andy Wilson will host the ‘Music Buzzz Podcast’ launching in 2021.
Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream music from your Apple Watch without an iPhone nearby — www.theverge.com
Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream music right from your Apple Watch.
Apple Music offers five-month trial to Shazam users — musically.com
Shazam hasn’t just been a good source of data for Apple since it acquired the music recognition app: it’s a handy marketing tool too.
SoundCloud Names Michael Weissman to Succeed Kerry Trainor as CEO — variety.com
SoundCloud has announced that the company’s president, Michael Weissman, will succeed Kerry Trainor as CEO, effective January 1.
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